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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that talks about issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education have empowered learners all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Greenland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open education initiatives. People want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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